Independent Operations Models

Capova: High-Risk Merchant Accounts and Alternative Lending

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Costs

One-time costs hit Year 1 only.

One-time (Year 1)

LLC + Trademark filing$

Fixed recurring (annual)

Shared virtual office$
Phone / video conferencing$
Domain registration$
Lovable (CRM + site + tools)$
Claude Cowork$
ChatGPT Go$
Google plan (Drive + NotebookLM)$
Canva (canceled)$
Apollo (prepaid annual)$
Contingency / misc buffer$
Total fixed recurring$1,515

High-Risk Merchant funnel

ChannelEmailed / yr% to Pipeline% to Application% Approved% PrimaryMIDsPrimary
Already Open (initial pile, Year 1 only)%%%%420147
Not Open Yet (fresh pile each year)%%%%551.3385.9
Total (Year 1)971.3532.9

Existing works a one-time initial pile in Year 1 only. New Business and Alt-Lending draw a fresh pile of data every year, so their new accounts recur each year.

Merchant economics

Primary avg monthly volume$
Residual rate (bps)
Residual split %%
Churn / closed %%
Ancillary monthly / primary$
Upfront / boarded account$
Net monthly residual / primary$50
Primary monthly recurring / account$60

Merchant 5-year buildup

LineYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
Primary new logos532.9385.9385.9385.9385.9
Primary ending active532.9785.5975.01117.11223.7
Primary recurring$383,670$565,583$702,017$804,343$881,087
Upfront revenue (new MIDs)$0$0$0$0$0
MERCHANT TOTAL REVENUE$383,670$565,583$702,017$804,343$881,087
Monthly recurring run-rate (year-end)$31,973$47,132$58,501$67,029$73,424
Annual residual (run-rate x12)$383,670$565,583$702,017$804,343$881,087

Alternative Lending

Value-add channel with renewals.

Intent companies found / month
Annual emailed3,600
Emailed to Pipeline %%
Pipeline to Application %%
Application to Funded %%
Commission per funded deal$
Funded deals (Year 1)12.6
Renewal Year 1 to 2 %%
Renewal Year 2 to 3 %%
Renewal Year 3 to 4 %%
Renewal Year 4 to 5 %%
LineYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
New funded deals12.612.612.612.612.6
Renewed deals (sliding)06.37.66.04.7
Active funded deals12.618.920.218.617.3
ALT-LENDING REVENUE$12,600$18,900$20,160$18,648$17,262
Renewal revenue (in-year)$0$6,300$7,560$6,048$4,662

Combined cash flow and return

LineYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
Merchant total revenue$383,670$565,583$702,017$804,343$881,087
Alt-lending revenue$12,600$18,900$20,160$18,648$17,262
TOTAL REVENUE$396,270$584,483$722,177$822,991$898,349
Fixed recurring$1,515$1,515$1,515$1,515$1,515
One-time setup$1,050$0$0$0$0
TOTAL COST$2,565$1,515$1,515$1,515$1,515
NET (before taxes)$393,705$582,968$720,662$821,476$896,834
ROI (revenue / cost)154.5x385.8x476.7x543.2x593.0x
10X rulePASSPASSPASSPASSPASS

Capova entity valuation

Reference only, never selling.

LineYear 3Year 5
Merchant annual residual$702,017$881,087
Merchant residual value (3x annual)$2,106,051$2,643,261
Alt renewal book (annual income)$7,560$4,662
TOTAL CAPOVA VALUE$2,113,611$2,647,923

Merchant residual valued at a fixed 3x annual residual. Alt renewal book shown as annual renewal income, not a sale.

Year 1 at a glance

Total revenue$396,270
Net before taxes$393,705
ROI154.5x
Independent Operations Models | 2026